Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flexile
Adjective
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The vintage pullover jersey, not the button-down, and the elastic pants right on down to the stirrups.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
29 July 2025 -
This on-sale Loft version has a unique, eyelet fabric that adds an ultra-feminine touch, plus a comfy elastic waist.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Sasha and Malia Obama have grown to be responsible, resilient, independent adults, and it’s become incredibly clear that Michelle Obama was up to the task of motherhood under a microscope—and many other initiatives in service of children.—
Celeste Little,
Parents,
22 July 2025
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Enhance Relationships: Build A Resilient Ecosystem No leader is resilient alone.—
Maureen Metcalf,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Japan hasn’t been as pliant as Trump seemed to expect.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Letz is a physically and emotionally pliant but also a verbose actor of great versatility, able to play a standard Second City dad and Chicag’ow type, but also a neurotic (lots of call for that in this show) and a dweeb and, well, whatever gets thrown his way.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Two ultra-limber actors — Hassiem Muhammad and Ryan Sellers — in garish body makeup (and dance shoes) merge limbs and psyches for an electric demonstration of poetry in motion.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
26 Jan. 2023
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For thousands of years, people have turned to yoga to feel more limber, release stress and rejuvenate their overall physical and mental health.—
Forrest Brown,
CNN,
21 June 2022
Adjective
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Compared to most other garden crops, carrots are relatively flexible about their lighting needs and grow in either full or part sun locations.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 July 2025
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This entails the focus on more flexible work arrangements and challenges the more deeply rooted traditional relationships between employees and employers.—
Bankim Chandra,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Now, if the board is made up of more boors than just the one, this may not be a workable solution.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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The clearest sign: Duplass Brothers Productions struggled to find a workable deal for its latest project, The Long Long Night.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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The web-like blue and gold dial is housed in a 40mm case made of tantalum, a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Here, at least, the performers — who include Téa Leoni as Odell’s wife, the very funny Will Poulter as the Leopold son and Anthony Carrigan as a put-upon servant — have the kinds of ductile faces, rubber-band moves and vocal dexterity that can keep even sluggish material moving.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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It’s been a while since someone figured out a way to make the electric guitar sound not only interesting but expansive, dangerous, infinite, pliable.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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At an indie level, merengue also proved pliable, merging with metal and industrial riffs in psychedelic epics from Gallo Lester and Mediopicky, and providing a sinewy canvas for the poetic soul-searching of Rita Indiana and Xiomara Fortuna.—
Richard Villegas,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
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“Flexile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flexile. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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